Behind The Crime

This book is a memoir of Colin's life as a Probation Office in London and Reading

Whatever the crime, there is a human story behind it, and though many crimes are frightening and even horrifying, most of them are a story of human failure.

Colin tells the story of his journey into crime from the safe environs of the Bank of England into the chaos of disordered lives
The book is full of people who Colin worked with from the late 1960's to 1979
In the 1960's the story is of South London reeling from the power of the Krays and Richardson gang and the coming of young children to join parents who had immigrated from the Caribbean 10 years before
For over two years the story takes us to the desperation of Holloway prison 

These are only pen pictures and are not meant to go into great depth, neither do they excuse the crimes that brought the people to court. They are simply a look behind the crime to meet the people
The events may be historical but they are still being re-lived today

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